Search for dissertations about: "banking history"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words banking history.

  2. 1. Commercial Banking and Economic Development The Lebanese Experience 1856-1974

    Author : Ali Abou-Zeinab; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; banking history; Lebanon; Commercial banking; Free banking; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : This thesis emphasises the role of commercial banks as financial intermediaries. It is primarily concerned with the development of the commercial banking system of Lebanon in the period 1856-1974, and assesses the role of the commercial banking system in Lebanon, as capital provider to economic development. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Swedish dilemma : Aging during the search for a national insurance, 1884-1913

    Author : Mark Magnuson; Christer Ahlberger; Klas Nyberg; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; demography; family; poor relief; old age; retirement; income; smallholders; History; Historia;

    Abstract : Non-wage holders made up a significant portion of Sweden’s population in 1900. Yet, there are surprisingly few studies covering their formative role in the universal coverage of Sweden’s Pension Act of 1913. READ MORE

  5. 3. Studies on Swedish banking 1870-2001

    Author : Per Hortlund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : A novel set of long-term data on Swedish commercial banks in 18702001 is used to shed new light on some long-standing issues in money and banking. Essays 1 and 2 explore long-term changes in the leverage and profitability of the Swedish banking system, and inquire into the causes of their change. READ MORE

  6. 4. Empirical Studies in Money, Credit and Banking : The Swedish Credit Market in Transition under the Silver and Gold Standards, 1834 – 1913

    Author : Anders Ögren; Håkan Lindgren; Michael D. Bordo; Mats Larsson; Richard Sylla; Stockholm Handelshögskolan Institutet för ekonomisk historisk forskning; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  7. 5. Economic Fluctuations in the United Kingdom, 1750-1938

    Author : Jason Lennard; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Banking crises; Business cycles; GDP; Monetary policy; Money supply; Narrative approach; Uncertainty;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the causes of economic fluctuations in the United Kingdom between the Industrial Revolution and the Second World War. The first part of the dissertation studies the micro origins of fluctuations by focusing on regional variation and its aggregate implications. READ MORE